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EP About this file: EP3971309

EP3971309 - AN ASSAY FOR IDENTIFYING A BACTERIUM [Right-click to bookmark this link]
StatusNo opposition filed within time limit
Status updated on  13.12.2024
Database last updated on 24.03.2026
FormerThe patent has been granted
Status updated on  05.01.2024
FormerGrant of patent is intended
Status updated on  29.08.2023
FormerExamination is in progress
Status updated on  26.04.2023
FormerRequest for examination was made
Status updated on  06.05.2022
FormerThe application has been published
Status updated on  18.02.2022
Most recent event   Tooltip26.12.2025Lapse of the patent in a contracting state
New state(s): TR		published on 28.01.2026  [2026/05]
Applicant(s)For all designated states
CyPlus GmbH
Deutsche-Telekom-Allee 9
64295 Darmstadt / DE
[2022/12]
Inventor(s)01 / Gos, Stephen
63897 Miltenberg / DE
02 / Christiansen, Andrea
18119 Rostock / DE
03 / Lu, Xin
45257 Essen / DE
04 / Meurer, Guido
64342 Seeheim-Jugenheim / DE
05 / Tiffert, Yvonne
68161 Mannheim / DE
06 / Gabor, Esther
64673 Zwingenberg / DE
07 / Hoffmann, Benedikt
63739 Aschaffenburg / DE
08 / Langer, Martin
76227 Karlsruhe / DE
 [2022/12]
Representative(s)Jacobi, Markus Alexander
Patentanwälte
Isenbruck Bösl Hörschler PartG mbB
Eastsite One
Seckenheimer Landstraße 4
68163 Mannheim / DE
[2022/12]
Application number, filing date21194318.830.03.2016
[2022/12]
Priority number, dateEP2015016164630.03.2015         Original published format: EP 15161646
[2022/12]
Filing languageEN
Procedural languageEN
PublicationType: A1 Application with search report 
No.:EP3971309
Date:23.03.2022
Language:EN
[2022/12]
Type: B1 Patent specification 
No.:EP3971309
Date:07.02.2024
Language:EN
[2024/06]
Search report(s)(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:EP17.02.2022
ClassificationIPC:C22B3/24, C12R1/00, C12Q1/00
[2022/12]
CPC:
C22B3/24 (EP,CN,RU,US); C12N1/20 (EP,RU,US); C22B3/18 (CN,RU,US);
C22B11/042 (US); C12N1/22 (US); C12N1/34 (US);
C12Q1/00 (EP); C12Q1/04 (EP,CN); Y02P10/20 (EP,US) (-)
Designated contracting statesAL,   AT,   BE,   BG,   CH,   CY,   CZ,   DE,   DK,   EE,   ES,   FI,   FR,   GB,   GR,   HR,   HU,   IE,   IS,   IT,   LI,   LT,   LU,   LV,   MC,   MK,   MT,   NL,   NO,   PL,   PT,   RO,   RS,   SE,   SI,   SK,   SM,   TR [2022/23]  
Former [2022/12]AL,  AT,  BE,  BG,  CH,  CY,  CZ,  DE,  DK,  EE,  ES,  FI,  FR,  GB,  GR,  HR,  HU,  IE,  IS,  IT,  LI,  LT,  LU,  LV,  MC,  MK,  MT,  NL,  NO,  PL,  PT,  RO,  RS,  SE,  SI,  SK,  SM,  TR 
TitleGerman:EIN ASSAY ZUR IDENTIFIZIERUNG EINES BAKTERIUMS[2022/12]
English:AN ASSAY FOR IDENTIFYING A BACTERIUM[2022/12]
French:UN TEST POUR IDENTIFIER UNE BACTÉRIE[2022/12]
Examination procedure03.05.2022Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
04.05.2022Examination requested  [2022/23]
04.05.2022Date on which the examining division has become responsible
25.04.2023Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
05.05.2023Reply to a communication from the examining division
30.08.2023Communication of intention to grant the patent
21.12.2023Fee for grant paid
21.12.2023Fee for publishing/printing paid
21.12.2023Receipt of the translation of the claim(s)
Parent application(s)   TooltipEP16717848.2  / EP3277851
Opposition(s)08.11.2024No opposition filed within time limit [2025/03]
Fees paidRenewal fee
01.09.2021Renewal fee patent year 03
01.09.2021Renewal fee patent year 04
01.09.2021Renewal fee patent year 05
01.09.2021Renewal fee patent year 06
25.03.2022Renewal fee patent year 07
23.03.2023Renewal fee patent year 08
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Lapses during opposition  TooltipCY30.03.2016
HU30.03.2016
CZ07.02.2024
ES07.02.2024
HR07.02.2024
MC07.02.2024
PL07.02.2024
RO07.02.2024
SK07.02.2024
SM07.02.2024
TR07.02.2024
IE30.03.2024
CH31.03.2024
GB07.05.2024
NO07.05.2024
RS07.05.2024
GR08.05.2024
IS07.06.2024
[2026/05]
Former [2025/41]CY30.03.2016
HU30.03.2016
CZ07.02.2024
ES07.02.2024
HR07.02.2024
MC07.02.2024
PL07.02.2024
RO07.02.2024
SK07.02.2024
SM07.02.2024
IE30.03.2024
CH31.03.2024
GB07.05.2024
NO07.05.2024
RS07.05.2024
GR08.05.2024
IS07.06.2024
Former [2025/37]CY30.03.2016
CZ07.02.2024
ES07.02.2024
HR07.02.2024
MC07.02.2024
PL07.02.2024
RO07.02.2024
SK07.02.2024
SM07.02.2024
IE30.03.2024
CH31.03.2024
GB07.05.2024
NO07.05.2024
RS07.05.2024
GR08.05.2024
IS07.06.2024
Former [2025/23]CZ07.02.2024
ES07.02.2024
HR07.02.2024
MC07.02.2024
PL07.02.2024
RO07.02.2024
SK07.02.2024
SM07.02.2024
IE30.03.2024
CH31.03.2024
GB07.05.2024
NO07.05.2024
RS07.05.2024
GR08.05.2024
IS07.06.2024
Former [2025/11]CZ07.02.2024
ES07.02.2024
HR07.02.2024
MC07.02.2024
PL07.02.2024
RO07.02.2024
SK07.02.2024
SM07.02.2024
IE30.03.2024
CH31.03.2024
NO07.05.2024
RS07.05.2024
GR08.05.2024
IS07.06.2024
Former [2025/10]CZ07.02.2024
ES07.02.2024
HR07.02.2024
MC07.02.2024
PL07.02.2024
RO07.02.2024
SK07.02.2024
SM07.02.2024
IE30.03.2024
NO07.05.2024
RS07.05.2024
GR08.05.2024
IS07.06.2024
Former [2024/52]CZ07.02.2024
ES07.02.2024
HR07.02.2024
MC07.02.2024
PL07.02.2024
RO07.02.2024
SK07.02.2024
SM07.02.2024
NO07.05.2024
RS07.05.2024
GR08.05.2024
IS07.06.2024
Former [2024/49]CZ07.02.2024
ES07.02.2024
HR07.02.2024
PL07.02.2024
RO07.02.2024
SK07.02.2024
SM07.02.2024
NO07.05.2024
RS07.05.2024
GR08.05.2024
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ES07.02.2024
HR07.02.2024
PL07.02.2024
SM07.02.2024
NO07.05.2024
RS07.05.2024
GR08.05.2024
IS07.06.2024
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HR07.02.2024
PL07.02.2024
SM07.02.2024
NO07.05.2024
RS07.05.2024
GR08.05.2024
IS07.06.2024
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PL07.02.2024
NO07.05.2024
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GR08.05.2024
IS07.06.2024
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NO07.05.2024
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GR08.05.2024
IS07.06.2024
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IS07.06.2024
Former [2024/32]IS07.06.2024
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